UNC-UCLA Postgame Notes

Postgame Notes
North Carolina 74, UCLA 64
December 21, 2019
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.
CBS Sports Classic

• The win ends a four-game losing streak for the Tar Heels, their longest since 2009-10.
• Carolina is 7-5 overall. UNC's next game is Dec. 30 at home vs. Yale, the first of four straight games at the Smith Center.
• It was UNC's fifth straight win over UCLA and Carolina's ninth in the last 10 games against the Bruins.
• The Tar Heels are 10-3 all-time against UCLA. UNC's winning percentage of .769 is the highest against the Bruins (among teams that have played UCLA 10 or more times).
• UNC has won 15 in row against Pac-12 opponents and are 16-1 under Roy Williams against the Pac 12.
• Williams is 8-2 against UCLA as a head coach, including 4-0 at Carolina.
• It was Williams' 878^th win as a Division I head coach. He needs one win to tie Dean Smith for fourth place all-time.
• Five Tar Heels scored in double figures, led by freshman forward Armando Bacot with 15. It was the first time this season five Tar Heels scored in double figures. It was just the second time at least four players scored in double figures (four vs. Alabama).
• Freshmen Armando Bacot (15), Anthony Harris (14) and Jeremiah Francis (12) scored in double figures. It was the first time three UNC freshmen scored in double figures since 11/12/2010 against Lipscomb (14 by Harrison Barnes, 12 by Reggie Bullock and 10 by Kendall Marshall).
• Carolina forced 22 turnovers that led to 22 points. The 22 turnovers were the most by an opponent this season (previous 16 by Michigan) and the 22 points were the most UNC converted (previous 21 against the Wolverines).
• The Tar Heels are 81-9 under Roy Williams when they force 20 or more turnovers. UNC has won six in a row and 13 of the last 14 when the opponents commit 20 or more turnovers.
• Carolina made a season-high 22 free throws (and attempted a season-high 35).
• Bacot had his fifth double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. It was the sixth game he pulled down double-digit rebounds.
• Harris scored all 14 of his season-high points in the second half. He scored eight straight Tar Heel points in a 10-2 run that extended UNC's lead to 12 with 5:56 to play.
• Francis hit a first-half three and made 9 of 10 free throws in the second half.
• Harris scored in double figures for the first time as a Tar Heel. Francis has scored in double figures in the last two games. Both players were a plus 15 vs. UCLA (Brandon Robinson was a team-high plus 16).
• Robinson tied his career high with three three-pointers.
• Leaky Black had a career-high three steals.
• Carolina's 13-point lead (36-23) was its largest halftime lead of the season (previous 11, 40-29, at UNCW on 11/8).
• UCLA shot 42.4 percent from the floor. It was the fourth time this season an opponent shot at least 40 percent, but the first time they did that in a Carolina victory.
• Carolina is 4-2 in the CBS Sports Classic (2-0 vs. Ohio State, 2-0 vs. UCLA and 0-2 vs. Kentucky).
• The Tar Heels are now 1-1 at T-Mobile Arena and 5-3 in Las Vegas.

Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

Jeremiah Francis

Anthony Harris

Brandon Robinson

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